期刊名称：International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology
印刷版ISSN：2347-6710
电子版ISSN：2319-8753
出版年度：2013
卷号：2
期号：10
页码：5403
出版社：S&S Publications
摘要：Polymeric materials reinforced with synthetic fibres such as glass provide advantage of high stiffness andhigh strength to weight ratio. Despite these advantages, the widespread use of synthetic fibre-reinforced polymercomposite has a tendency to decline because of their high-initial cost and most importantly their adverse environmentalimpact. In this work, four different composites are prepared with untreated coconut fibres, NaOH mercerized coconutfibres, KOH mercerized coconut fibres and CSM – glass fibres. Lot of studies is done earlier on NaOH mercerizedcoconut fibre composites. But, no studies are done specifically on KOH mercerized coconut fibre composites. So, KOHmercerized coconut fibre composites are prepared in this study. General purpose polyester resin is used for preparingall the composites. The mechanical properties of composites are studied using flexural test, impact test and tensile test.The mechanical properties of KOH mercerized coconut fibre composites are studied and compared with the mechanicalproperties of NaOH mercerized coconut fibre composites, untreated coconut fibre composites and CSM – glass fibrecomposites.
